Live online casino are being lauded as the new revolution and next steps in online card games, and have been for some time. They infuse the convenient approach of providing online casino blackjack, baccarat and roulette all from your laptop or desktop, and all players can rest assured that no-one’s depending on a random number generator (RNG) for the outcome of their bets.

Sounds good, right? In contrast to the usual RNG online gaming environments in which computers determine everything that’ll happen, live casino gaming provides an actual, in-the-flesh human dealer using real hands for the hands, or dropping a n earthly ball onto the wheel. All this is viewed over a tailor-made live broadcast. As long as you have a fast internet connection, the quality of the vision is surprisingly slick, and the interfaces through which to interact are of a good standard too.
But all that relies on having a relatively fast connection – which highlights the problem we’re addressing here: that despite many potential benefits, the inconsistency and bandwidth-dependency of online gaming is its Achilles heel, almost sure to frustrate new players.

So as you’d guess then, perhaps the biggest problem faced by players in live online gaming is interface issues which mess up their vision. It’s worth noting that the vision is live streaming rather than a downloaded mpeg or similar. The websites are heavily advertising new streaming technology but the bottom line is still YOUR download speed, which of course you’re an expert on.

Next question – are you patient when you gamble, or do you like a good, fast game? If you like to play fast, live casinos might not be an answer to your prayers. Because RNG’s in casino sites can deal super-fast and deliver results in lightning speed, live games can feel like a real bore in comparison. A single dealer has to permit a range of players to bet, and plenty of time for splits and doubles decisions in blackjack. And we’re talking somewhere between 15 and 40 seconds each turn.
Just think about a real live game, in a multi-play setup in which 7 players are involved. Let’s say 40 seconds go to placing your bets. Next you’ll wrangle another 30 seconds in playing the hand. If everyone takes their sweet time, we’re talking up to 4 minutes between hands!

Luckily for most of us who like a faster game, not all casinos offer multi-play games. Some even have a 15 second limit – but this is far from universal. The bottom line is, though live casinos offer a few advantages, they’ll slow you down probably a little too much.
Because of these problems associated with these online games your baccarat strategy may not be as effective as they could possibly be.